{"id":162079,"date":"2010-01-10T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5444772"},"modified":"2010-01-10T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-10T16:30:00","slug":"todays-date-is-especially-binary-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/162079","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Date Is Especially Binary [Dates]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/thumb160x_binary.jpg\" class=\"left image158\" width=\"158\" \/>Anyone feeling extra geeky today? Well you should. Today&#8217;s date, when written in a six digit format (MMDDYY), is a binary style number. <strong>Updated.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writes reader Eric, who tipped us off about the date earlier this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It just occurred to me that today&#8217;s six digit date format (MMDDYY or YYMMDD) is in binary style. Thought this was interesting and wanted to share it with the Gizmodo team. From what I can tell, this looks like it will be the only year it happens and will happen four times (January 1st and 10th and October 1st and 10th).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see, this neat little phenomenon will happen a few more times throughout this year and next. 2010: Geekiest year ever? <strong>Update<\/strong>: As noted below, &#8220;<del>Oct. 10th 2011<\/del> November 11, 2011 will be the last binary day of this century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=29f2a26a1bf71a108499722964370089&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=29f2a26a1bf71a108499722964370089&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/n7NfO05n3_3HJcmJZ72OIdiQBEQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/n7NfO05n3_3HJcmJZ72OIdiQBEQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/n7NfO05n3_3HJcmJZ72OIdiQBEQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/n7NfO05n3_3HJcmJZ72OIdiQBEQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=tiuG1pFVaiw:1EjzhIedlZ4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/tiuG1pFVaiw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone feeling extra geeky today? Well you should. Today&#8217;s date, when written in a six digit format (MMDDYY), is a binary style number. Updated. Writes reader Eric, who tipped us off about the date earlier this morning: It just occurred to me that today&#8217;s six digit date format (MMDDYY or YYMMDD) is in binary style. 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